Which to use
“dindon” and “dindons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,981
- “dindon” frequency rank
- #46,697
- “dindons” frequency rank
- 81678
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dindon | dindons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est d’une stupidité prétentieuse. | Masculin pluriel de dindon. |
Same sound, different letters: dindon vs dindons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - dindon / dindons
This is the hard kind. dindon and dindons are pronounced identically (\dɛ̃.dɔ̃\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dindon” sits inside “dindons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81678, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dindon is recorded at frequency rank #34,981, classified as anadj, pronounced \dɛ̃.dɔ̃\. dindons is at rank #46,697, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dɛ̃.dɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 81678, this pair ranks #18,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dindon vs dindons
Shared letters: dino. Private to "dindon": -. Private to "dindons": s.
"dindon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "dindons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dindon" and "dindons" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dindon" vs "dindons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dindon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dindons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,254 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dindon" and "dindons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dindes vs dindons". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #18,254 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.